It’s Go Time!

We expect the Rangers will use the same lineup, meaning Chris Kreider plays in Carl Hagelin’s spot.

Daniel Alfredsson is very doubtful after a setback with his concussion issues.

Matt Carkner expects to play after serving his one-game suspension for jumping Brian Boyle in Game 2. I imagine he replaces Matt Gilroy, who struggled in Game 3. I also imagine the Rangers don’t mind having Carkner in the game.

i want to see the penguins humbled and humiliated. all the “experts” picked them to win the cup so them getting swept gives me a certain satisfaction. the flyers getting a couple extra days rest could be a mixed blessing. you let a team like pittsburgh hang around and bad things can happen

It depends on how many goals the Senators score, eddie. I have looked into it and if the Rangers score more goals than the Senators they will most likely win. If the Rangers win they should be given a point in the best of 7 series. I think 2+1 is 3. Is it not?

So they call 2 real penalties for us, then decide to try and even things out and call a cheapo penalty on Prust. And these 2 NBC losers again, Im glad I dont know these guys personally and own a gun. These 2 sick losers whining about everything. Id like to bash both their heads together for their sickness.

btw, did anyone happen to mention earlier (sorry if they did, been offline all freaking day)…Tony got a call from Adam Graves!!!! Through a friend of friend of friend of Graves….Tony missed the call by Gravey left a voicemail and said he call back!!!!!

I hate these 2 sick NBC losers. The whole game is about Ottawa. I despise them. “lets see if this can jump start Ottawa” I despise them. I hate them. I want to strangle them and rip out their eye balls. and their voice boxes.

thank u lev. only reason were n this series is cuz of him. god richie n gabby an the rest of our “offensive” stars need to be better it looks like they are playing exactly the way they did in regular season. need more from our forwards. our d shouldnt be hemmed in all the time. now get something going with this pp boys cmon. this the easiest series we can hope to be in this playoffs

funny, except reading all day here today i was made to believe that carkner was a waste of a roster spot and we should thank them for playing him. OK SO THANKS OTTAWA. Thanks for playing him and making that pass that led to the goal. No, really, THANKS!

i laughed when everyone got all ecstatic about the pens losing
the first 3 games.
you DON’T EVER celebrate until the final nail is put in the coffin
and then the coffin is set on fire and burnt to ashes.

i’ve dealt with waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many pens (steelers)
comebacks to haunt me to senility and beyond….

This whole freaking period looked like an Ottawa power play….. Very simple, they win face offs and keep us pinned in our zone… We get tired, they dictate the play…. We take a penalty…. Players get even more fatigued. Pathetic…. Win a freaking face off and start forechecking. Pound their soft defense already geez!!!!!!!!!!

*Terrible* fuggin’ period that second was – played the whole fuggin’ period in our own end – WTB are they thinking? If it was that they could sit on a 2 goal lead with only 10 minutes gone in the first period, that was a BIG mistake!

If they don’t get their heads out of their aasens quick, they lose this game going away…

Yeah, Chris. This is just disgusting. And we’re the number 1 seed. Its not like we’re the team that just squeaked in the playoffs. Theyre saying that Ottawa had a wonderful season and all sorts of smoke theyre blowing out of their aasens.

What’s the point of this comments section if you can’t vent your craziest, most anxious thoughts about the Blueshirts? That’s the fun of it. Saying cooke you can’t say to your wife ’cause she don’t care and she’d think you were nuts.

Oh just STOP IT. Just a bunch of carcillo whiners!!! Let’s go rangers. Boylecwith the go ahead and an empty netter! Are we ranger fans or are we mice?! This is OUR year. There is no team that will beat us in seven. Henrik is in the ZONE!!! Ottawa is done and by the way does Philly have a goalie? Or Pittsburgh? Or new jersey? Or Florida? Boston? We will see them in the semis. Trust me. For the rest of you nellies ( or trolls ) get a grip. Let’s go Rangers!!!!

Carp, the only other complaint I’ve had this whole series is Gaborik disappearing everytime it’s a tight checking game. Tell me I’m wrong with any of my analysis (see my above post). Otherwise, I love this blog and love your game reviews ;)

Is that before or after they get passed by the Devils, passed by the Penguins, passed by the Flyers, finish in sixth, lose to the Jets in five games and get stoned in a series by the red hot Sabres, Eric?

Good test of poise and system, as was Monday’s game.
2-2 at the other guy’s place, tryin’ to get command.

Brad struggling with his passes; Marc struggling with
the kind of fatigue that comes with serious concussion.
We forget how amazing it is he’s even here, at the speed of
this game, at its highest level. No expectations from here
until next October, earliest.

Once again, team in character – not too much high-grade
finish.

Latona – usually agree with you – don’t on your disappointment.
For me, they are playin’ about as well as they can, as well as I expected.
Disagreed early and often they were that much better than Sens.
Thought this would likely be a “lucky bounce” series.

Why would a real fan of the game want Spezza to miss the third period?
Especially if you’ve bought the Rangers are best, don’t you want them to
beat the Sens with their top guys?

that he does, but aside from that, composure is something he said he learned from guys like Andeychuk (sp?) when in Tampa as a kid. Other guys that had won the cup. He has had a number of amateurish back passes, hard passes and missed defensive assignments tonight. I’m not sure that is the leadership the kids need. Maybe it’s me. I’ll be quiet.

What was keenan talking about??? they looked great until that pp and then the instantly began to bl*w. And quite frankly their play has bl*wn ever since. Torts need to smash some sticks or something and go off like Sam Kinison in Back to School

ilb: he starts periods well, seems to falter late. Tying goal
was preceded by failure to clear with plenty of time
(a Ranger tattoo this year), then falling down/tripping in corner,
after camera caught him suckin’ wind, then falling into Hank,
effectively preventing any attempt at save.

Just sickening. We had a plethora of chances in the 3rd period, we were controlling the play in the short OT, and he just lets in a cheapo goal. Make that 8 straight OT losses. Youd think by luck alone, we’d one of the OT games, but not for us. Just bad luck.

this was one of those games where if you weren’t a person who followed these teams all year, you’d have no idea who was the 1 and who was the 8.

horrific loss and a pretty abysmal effort apart from the 2 quick power play goals and the brief stretch in the third where they were ok. I thought they were badly outplayed for most of the game, included down the stretch in the 3rd when they were basically hanging on for dear life.

Like it or not, but the Rangers have been outplayed more often than not by the Sens the last 3 games.

That said, I fully expect them to win game 5 because that’s what they’ve done all season.

I also expect them to then lose game 6.

That PP is embarassingly inept and yeah, they scored 2 tonight but more due to Ottawa’s inexplicable poor PK play than anything else. Once the Sens realized how silly they looked, the rest of the Rangers PP opportunities were wasted and like game 2, the single biggest reason the series is tied.

Unreal! Bad goal once again by LQ in a playoff overtime. This team crapped in its pants with a two goal lead. Played like sh…t in the second and was afraid to make a play on the power play late in the third.

MdZ has been brutal on the pp and in this playoff overall. Just shameful.

Torts talks a good game about not sitting on the lead but for the third time in three games they sat on a lead and that is just unacceptable. He is responsible for making the right adjustments so that this doesn’t happen and once again it did.

Where the hell is Dubinsky? Move your god damn feet when your with the puck you idiot . Can’t someone the staff put on a video of his play last season to show him what he should do?

I think Anderson stinks and I think there’s plenty of evidence of that in these games. That being said, Lundqvist gave up a few not-great goals in this game and is also dealing with far more significant offensive attackers than is Anderson. Easy for Anderson to look good when he’s shutting down Mike Rupp.

I’ve said it a couple times before but here it is. If you’re terrible on faceoffs and the power play, you will not make a deep run in the playoffs. Sather will fix this in the off season making next years team a true Cup contender.

uh when is Dubinsky gonna play with all this fire I kept hearing about…….the most effort the guy has shown was throwing the gator jug……………….it’s only 1 game but some bad signs…….that hustle on backcheck eluded them a lot tonight………can we sit out Mitchell now????? totally dogged it on 2nd goal, poor ice awareness and gives absolutely nothing…..dress Zucc with one wrist, hes better……….forecheck none existant, have to force Senators D men deep in their zone, not there at all………..passive in forecheck and Senators get free out ALL night…………..Stepan’s game gone, he’s got to play with Cally and should’ve kept Kreider with Gaborik and Richards…….his game improved as the game went on the other night……………

Alfredsson is obviously of more value to his team while concussed than our superstar scorers are when healthy – he’s a “rallying cry” for his team and the fans, and our guys, when it really counts, are big question marks…